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Auction date Tuesday 27 September 2022 13:00 - 16:00 BST

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Members of the Royal Automobile Club on London's historic Pall Mall, London, may recognise an impressive bronze fountain figure of Ondine by popular sculptor Alexandra Beale, which is now becoming available for sale due to the redesigning of the gardens. The fountain was commissioned and installed in 2008 by the RAC, which opened in 1911 and had been built by the fashionable architects Charles Mewès and Arthur Davis, who had already been lauded for the recently constructed Ritz hotels in Paris and London, and the interiors of some of the great ocean-going liners of the day. Ondine, a mythological figure of European tradition, was a water nymph or sprite who could become human only when she fell in love with a mortal man. However, if the mortal was unfaithful to her, he was destined to forfeit his life. It is estimated at £5,000 - £8,000

Further lots included in this auction are a lead cistern fountain, which was part of this year's gold medal winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden had been designed by Chris Beardshaw, well-known from his long broadcasting career, which includes BBC 2's hit series Gardeners' World, Hidden Gardens and The Flying Gardener, and is another award in a line of many won by Chris Beardshaw Design. This garden was designed for the RNLI and the cistern is estimated at £3,500 - £5,000.


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The front cover features: Lot 19 Workshop of Bertel Thorwaldsen: An impressive and important suite o three carved white marble plaques probably 1830s, in bronze frames  

£20,000-40,000


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Total lots: 70

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
25 A Roman style mosaic and marble circular table top on Sienna marble column pedestal
made up, possibly using ancient tesserae
133cm diameter
£2,000 - £3,000 £11,000 View
26 A monumental carved stone stone dragon
on associated base
240cm high by 196cm long overall

This powerful piece was carved in the last 20 years and was on display at the Forest of Dean Heritage Centre.
£10,000 - £15,000 £10,000 View
27 A carved granite Kasuge lantern
Japanese
Meiji period
180cm high by 55cm square
£2,000 - £4,000 £2,000 View
28 A pair of Val d' Osne foundry cast iron urns
last quarter 19th century
Stamped Val d'Osne
the Urns 49cm high, 47cm wide, 40cm deep
on faux marble painted wooden pedestals 81cm high, 41cm square
£2,500 - £4,000 - View
29 A rare Ducel foundry cast iron seat
mid 19th century
the front apron stamped Ducel Fils, Rue des A***r, Paris, facit
156cm long
£1,200 - £1,800 - View
30 A Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron seat
circa 1870
maker's marks possibly obscured by paint
153cm long

see engraving
£1,200 - £1,800 £1,250 View
31 A pair of Coalbrookdale cast iron Fern and Blackberry chairs
circa 1870
makers marks possibly obscured by paint

see engraving
£800 - £1,200 £1,200 View
32 A pair of Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron chairs
last quarter of 19th century
each back with diamond registration stamp and number

see engraving
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,700 View
33 A similar pair of Coalbrookdale Fern and Blackberry pattern cast iron chairs
last quarter of 19th century
each back with diamond registration stamp and number
foundry marks possibly obscured by paint

see engraving
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,700 View
34 A rare Coalbrookdale passion flower pattern cast iron seat
circa 1870
with registration stamp, others possibly obscured by paint
107cm long

See engraving
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,600 View
35 An extremely rare Coalbrookdale Midsummer Night's Dream pattern cast iron seat
circa 1870
fully stamped ‘CB Dale Co.’ and with pattern and registration numbers
164cm long

See engraving
£1,500 - £2,500 £3,000 View
36 Coalbrookdale hall stand
stamped Coalbrookdale
each section with diamond registration
203cm high by 76cm wide by 35cm deep
£1,200 - £1,800 £1,300 View
37 A pair of Handyside foundry cast iron urns
2nd half 19th century
78cm high

See engraving
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,000 View
38 A strap work wrought iron games seat
19th century
incorporating wheels at one end and hinged footrest
153cm long
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,600 View
39 A reeded wrought iron seat
19th century
160cm long
£1,000 - £1,500 £1,600 View
40 A substantial pair of stoneware lidded urns
circa 1870
137cm high by 58cm wide
£2,500 - £4,000 £2,500 View
41 An unusual carved stone seat
circa 1900
101cm long
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
42 A similar unusual carved stone seat
circa 1900
101cm long
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
43 ▲ Alexandra Beale (ARR applies)
An impressive bronze fountain figure of Ondine
in a tiered zinc pool surround
designed by R.K. Alliston, removed from the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London
270cm high overall, 190cm square…
£5,000 - £8,000 £7,000 View
44 Horace Montford
A song to Demeter
Bronze
Signed H Montford, sc.
72cm high

See link for full footnote
£1,000 - £1,500 £900 View
45 Eneri Prosperi: An Henri studio life bronze of children standing on a tree trunk
1970s
stamped Bronze Elite by Henri
weathered green patination
230cm high
£6,000 - £10,000 £8,000 View
46 Eneri Prosperi: A Henri studio bronze group of two children on a working seesaw
stamped Bronze Elite by Henri
180cm long
155cm high

see footnote to lot 45
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,000 View
47 Eneri Prosperi: An Henri Studio bronze group of children playing inside pipe sections
stamped Bronze Elite by Henri
100cm high by 175cm long

See footnote to lot 45
£6,000 - £10,000 £9,000 View
48 Two bronzes of children on stepping stones
stamped Leonardo Rossi
the larger 137cm high
£3,000 - £5,000 £3,000 View

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